Director of Finance
About The Position
The Director of Finance is a senior leader responsible for strengthening and evolving the finance function into a strategic, scalable partner to the business. This role focuses on delivering clear financial insights, enabling sound decision-making, and improving operational efficiency—ensuring leaders across the organization can understand financial performance and act with confidence. Reporting to the CFO, the Director of Finance plays a key role in modernizing financial processes, developing talent, leveraging technology, and building a finance organization that supports growth with discipline, clarity, and consistency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive finance experience, including people leadership responsibilities.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate financial data into insights.
- Proven experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing decisions.
Nice To Haves
- CPA, CMA, and/or MBA.
- Experience supporting multi-entity organizations or businesses undergoing growth or transformation.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a trusted business partner to the CFO and senior leaders.
- Translate business strategies into actionable financial insights, implications, and trade-offs.
- Support the shift of Finance from a primarily reporting function to a proactive, decision-support partner.
- Lead timely and accurate monthly close, financial reporting, and performance analysis.
- Improve reporting clarity by emphasizing key drivers, trends, and forward-looking insights.
- Ensure financial information is practical, understandable, and relevant for non-finance leaders.
- Drive improvements to finance processes and workflows to increase efficiency, scalability, and reliability.
- Partner with IT, Analytics, and Operations to enhance financial systems, automation, and reporting tools.
- Support system integrations and process alignment related to growth initiatives and acquisitions.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team.
- Establish clear roles, expectations, and development plans aligned with business needs.
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
- Maintain effective financial controls while minimizing unnecessary complexity.
- Collaborate with Audit, Risk, and Compliance partners to support sound risk management practices.
- Assist with audit activities and help ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
